imperfective: statement of fact

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The Imperfective Past: Statement of Fact (Констатация факта) In Russian, the imperfective aspect in the past tense is frequently used to simply s...

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Have you seen this arthouse movie?

Вы видели этот авторский фильм?

Vy videli etot avtorskiy fil’m?

Yes, I’ve seen it, it’s quite deep and aesthetic.

Да, видела, он довольно глубокий и эстетичный.

Da, videla, on dovol’no glubokiy i estetichnyy.

Ivan told me about the drastic changes in the project.

Иван говорил мне о резких изменениях в проекте.

Ivan govoril mne o rezkikh izmeneniyakh v proyekte.

Wait, so he had already mentioned that to you?

Погоди, значит, он уже упоминал об этом?

Pogodi, znachit, on uzhe upominal ob etom?

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